Trammel
noun
A restriction or limit to someone's freedom or ability.
The trammels of a formal education can sometimes hinder creative thinking
Often appears as...
- break free from trammels
- societal trammels
noun
A net for catching birds or fish.
The fishermen were readying their trammels for the morning catch
Often appears as...
- set a trammel
- fish with a trammel
verb
Catch or entangle someone or something in a trammel.
The young bird was trammelled in the net
Often appears as...
- trammel in a net
- trammel fish
verb
Restrict or limit someone's freedom or ability.
She felt trammelled by her strict upbringing
Often appears as...
- trammel creativity
- trammel potential
noun
A restriction or limit to someone's freedom or ability.
The trammels of a formal education can sometimes hinder creative thinking
Often appears as...
- break free from trammels
- societal trammels
noun
A net for catching birds or fish.
The fishermen were readying their trammels for the morning catch
Often appears as...
- set a trammel
- fish with a trammel
verb
Catch or entangle someone or something in a trammel.
The young bird was trammelled in the net
Often appears as...
- trammel in a net
- trammel fish
verb
Restrict or limit someone's freedom or ability.
She felt trammelled by her strict upbringing
Often appears as...
- trammel creativity
- trammel potential
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Chains
Used metaphorically to suggest restrictions are like being chained up.
Her ideas had no trammels, flowing free and wild.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Highlights the negative aspects of boundaries or limits.
He wanted to travel the world, free from the trammels of routine.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbolic Restrictions
Often symbolizes societal, psychological, or personal constraints, not just physical ones.
The artist rebelled against the trammels of conventional beauty.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Chains
Used metaphorically to suggest restrictions are like being chained up.
Her ideas had no trammels, flowing free and wild.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Highlights the negative aspects of boundaries or limits.
He wanted to travel the world, free from the trammels of routine.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbolic Restrictions
Often symbolizes societal, psychological, or personal constraints, not just physical ones.
The artist rebelled against the trammels of conventional beauty.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Chains
Used metaphorically to suggest restrictions are like being chained up.
Her ideas had no trammels, flowing free and wild.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Highlights the negative aspects of boundaries or limits.
He wanted to travel the world, free from the trammels of routine.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbolic Restrictions
Often symbolizes societal, psychological, or personal constraints, not just physical ones.
The artist rebelled against the trammels of conventional beauty.
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